I'm not sure why you're fumbling over what I'm saying or trying to stretch the interpretation. What I'm not happy about is apparent authority given to union leaders to speak about what each country "should" do concerning the trade agreements.

OH no! Of course you are right, because the ONLY people who can give an opinion about it are the elected officials. You should be concerned about who you have given your voice to...

OH no! Of course you are right, because the ONLY people who can give an opinion about it are the elected officials. You should be concerned about who you have given your voice to...

You're continuing to really stretch the interpretation of what I'm saying. I will waste no opportunity to point out the extreme rhetoric you will hear from union presidents almost all the time, and so I think it does people a disservice to get their information concerning trade agreements from union leaders. 'Labor' and unions are not the same. Union leaders don't even speak for all of their own membership (given very few have ever been allowed to actually vote for the representation), let alone 'labor' generally, much less the overall economic interests of their home country.

Canada's unions, and subsequently Canadian government which abdicates its voice to unions, are trying to get a Democrat back in the White House, and to do this it is trying to shine a light on Trump's enigmatic stated position on unions. Trump's protectionist jabber mixed with the Clinton brand's dingy record on free trade agreements (and Clinton's stated support of TPP) were what won the election for Trump. NAFTA provides a stage on which to undermine Trump.

What the U.S. should do is flip this back in Canada's face and tell them that if they're unhappy about what an economic disadvantage they've created for themselves by letting unions run the show, that Canada should embrace Right To Work protections for workers.

Canada gets high marks from the conservative heritage foundation. Regionally, Canada ranks number one - the United States comes in third after chile.